Posted 2/27/2024, 6:44:16 PM
Tory MP Suspended for Comments Linking Labour Figures to Extremists, Refuses to Apologize
- Lee Anderson suspended from Conservative party for refusing to apologize for comments linking Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer to "Islamists"
- Downing Street said Anderson's comments were unacceptable for equating all Muslims with extremists
- Although finding comments wrong, PM avoided calling them Islamophobic
- Anderson has received some support from Conservative MPs like Jacob Rees-Mogg
- Separately, Paul Scully apologized for calling parts of London and Birmingham "no-go areas" after earlier comments were criticized